Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.144
Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.144
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c7.144
For the purpose of comparison, I have reproduced two of the most striking reliefs from Loriyân Tangai, the worshipping of Buddha by Indra (Plate VIII.), and Buddha's first sermon at Benares (Plate IX.). I think it will be evident at a glance how different in conception, and inferior in every artistic quality, is the type of Buddha here given from the true Indian ideal of Divinity, illustrated in the other examples given in this book. There is a certain prettiness about [Figure: BUDDHA PREACHING (Gandharan Sculpture from Loriyân Tangai)]